Mondale High School

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Mondale High School
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Mondale High School

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Type Public high school
MottoMonte desus(French: soar upwards)
Established1982
School district Mitchell's Plain
PrincipalMr Bridgens (Head Principal - outgoing April 2024), Mrs Hendricks (Head Principal - incoming May 2024)
Grades8-9(senior phase)10-12(FET phase)
Enrollment1300
Color(s)  Royal Blue

  Yellow

  White
Website Official Website

Mondale High School is a school in the Western Cape, South Africa. The school was founded in 1982. [1]

Contents

The school's name is derived from the names of two roads running adjacent to the school: Montague drive and Merrydale avenue.

Fees are R 2,717 (approx. $247) but collection is very poor as it serves a community where there are very high rates of crime and unemployment. Despite this, academic performance is very good with a 100% pass rate in the NSC examinations in 2015 . The school has also won the A-section athletics competition 23 times in the last 25 years. It has produced 13 provincial athletes and soccer players who have played in the Premier League and for the national team. It has also performed well in provincial quiz competitions, winning twice.

Academics

Mondale is renowned for its academic excellence. Despite the fact that it is situated in a poverty-stricken area, it still maintains a high matric pass rate. [2] Here is Mondale High School pass rate for the past decade: [3] [4]

YearTotal student/

matriculants

Percentage

Pass rate

2016------99. 6
2015------100
201424597.6
201324699.6
201221395.3
201116495.1
201023990.4
200924092.1
200824297.5
200723691.1
200620996.7
200521997.3
200419699
200322999.6
200217797.7
200121499.1
200021096.7

Other academic achievements

Awards for Academic Excellence

National award for most improved school in Western Cape
Provincial award for Academic Excellence
Liam Baker 99% for Mathematics in 2009
Argus Quiz 2012 runners-up

Cape Town Junior City Council (J.C.C.)

2009/2010

Monique Petersen

Joretha Houlies

Navelle Abrahams

Demi-lee Adonis

2012/2013

Thandokazi Sineke - Junior Mayor (J.C.C.)

Argus quiz competition / Rotary high school competition

1994

Semi finalists

1995

Champions

Sadeeqah Phillips

Yumna Abdurahman

Naseem Fataar

Theodore Jones

1996

Champions

Cape Argus quiz competition

2012

Runner Up 2nd place

Craig Bowers

Chanelle Petersen

Lisa Felton

Nicole Soloman

Kaylin Joshua

2013

5th Place

SAIPA (South Africa Institute of Professional Accountants)

Top performers: Dinaledi School (Western Cape) Provincial Award

1st Timwen Hendricks - Mondale High

2nd Mishka Isaacs - Mondale High

3rd Tiffany Klink - Mondale High

UCT Mathematics

2007 Liam Baker (grade 10B)

Member of the W.C. math team

3rd place

Gold medal

2008 Liam Baker (grade 11)

Gold 1st in Western Province

South African Mathematics team - Madrid (Spain)

Pan African Olympaid - Contonou (Benin)

2009 Liam Baker (grade 12)

Gold 2nd in Western Province

South African Mathematics team - Austria

International Olympaid - Bremem Germany

De Beer English Olympiad Award

Matthew Jones - Silver 70%

Sage Davidson - Bronze 60%+

Elethea Barkley - Bronze 60%+

Nicolette Bergsman - Bronze 60%+

Nikita Killian - Bronze 60%+

Chad Klaasen - Bronze 60%+

Cruscenda Witbooi - Bronze 60%+

Marco Lawrence - Bronze 60%+

Zaahir Abdurahman - Bronze 60%+

In 2015 the matric pass rate results were 99.2% (2 pupil failed English), thus being in second place in Mitchell's Plain after Spine Road High achieved 99.3%, the difference being 0.1%. Due to a remark of the English papers, the pupil who failed were said to have passed. This putting Mondale on top of the chart achieving 100%.

Sports

Not only is Mondale good at academics but also excels in sporting codes. [5] The school has also won the A-section athletics competition 23 times in the last 25 years. [6] It has produced 13 provincial athletes and soccer players who have played in the Premier League and for the national team.

2016 - Champions A-section (Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2015 - Champions A-section (Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2014 - Champions A-section (Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2013 - Champions A-section (Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2012 - Champions A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2011 - Champions A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2010 - Champions A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2009 - 2nd Place A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2008 - Champions A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2007 - Champions A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2006 - Champions A-section (False Bay / Southern Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2005 - Champions A-section (False Bay Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2004 - Champions A-section (False Bay Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2003 - Champions A-section (False Bay Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2002 - Champions A-section (False Bay Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2001 - Champions A-section (False Bay Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

2000 - Champions A-section (False Bay Zone) W.P.S.S.S.U.

1999 - 2nd Place A-section (False Bay Zone ) W.P.S.S.S.U.

1998 - Winners A-section (False Bay Zone ) W.P.S.S.S.U.

1997 - Winners A-section (False Bay Zone ) W.P.S.S.S.U.

1996 - Winners A-section (False Bay Zone ) W.P.S.S.S.U.

1995 - The Stainer Shield Athletic Champions (Pinelands/Plumstead/Westerford/Mondale)

1994 - The Stainer Shield Athletic Champions (Pinelands/Plumstead/Westerford/Mondale)

1993 - The Stainer Shield Athletic Champions (Pinelands/Plumstead/Westerford/Mondale)

1992 - The Stainer Shield Athletic Champions (Pinelands/Plumstead/Westerford/Mondale)

1991 - Winners A-section - Champion of Champions Athletic Winners

1990 - Winners A-section - Champion of Champions Athletic Winners

1989 - Winners A-section - Champion of Champions Athletic Winners

1988 - Winners A-section - Champion of Champions Athletic Winners

1987 - Winners A-section - Champion of Champions Athletic Winners

Subjects

Senior phase (grades 8 and 9)

These subjects are offered to both grades 8 and 9 with no selective subjects:

Further education and training (FET)

The FET phase partially begins at the fourth term of grade 9. Pupils choose 7subjects (4 compulsory, 3 selective). The subjects chosen depend on the pupil's marks on the third term of the grade 9 academic year (e.g you need 60% in the third term in grade 9 natural sciences to do Physical Science in grade 10 and 50% in grade 9 Mathematics to do Pure Mathematics in grade 10). The classes are then ranked from A to G with the top 40 students being in grade 10 A class although they can choose other classes depending on the subjects they want to do. All subjects from 10 A-G are different, with grade 10 A-C getting more difficult subjects than the rest. The subjects are not chosen individually but chosen in packages. The pupil are to continue with the subjects till the final year/matric (grade 12) unless there are difficulties with a subject.

Compulsory subjects

Selective subjects (only allowed to choose three)

Grade 10 A- D are pure mathematics classes. Grade 10 A-C are physical sciences and life sciences classes. The subjects for 2017 were as follows:
Grade 10A


Grade 10B


Grade 10C


Grade 10D


Grade 10E


Grade 10F and G

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